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whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. 1 john 4:8
when i survey the wondrous cross
on which the Prince of Glory died;
my richest gain i count but loss,
and pour contempt on all my pride.
forbid it lord, that i should boast,
save in the death of Christ my God;
all the vain things that charm me most,
i sacrifice them to His blood.
see from His head, His hands, His feet,
sorrow and love flow mingled down.
did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
or thorns compose so rich a crown.
were the whole realm of nature mine,
that were an offering far too small;
love so amazing, so divine,
demands my soul, my life, my all.i just found out that the pastor of sarah's church said, in his sermon yesterday, the EXACT SAME THING that i posted on my blog on thursday. freaky. i can be a pastor too! hahahs.. (:
okay. lalala. i'm really bored now. in class with liru. been stoning here since.. 2.15! and gosh. there's still lotsa time left to 5.30. ): bored bored bored!
oh i love my dearwest cuzzie. and my brother. with them i can be myself. i don't need to care about putting on a facade. i feel at ease. (: and no matter how irritating my brother is.. i know he loves me lots and i love him too! (: as for nessa.. she's just sweet sweet sweet! and nice.. and we can crap and crap and talk bout anything under the sun. (: like that person and her boo. (: though she erm.. seems a little.. angry at boo or something? i don't know. hahahs. will find out soon. (: the world is so small la. somehow the people i know are linked here and there.. oh wells. (:
on "bimboticness"

my dance shoes for voyAJe! i painted it you know! (:
me: i'm not bimbo okay!
my brother:do you know what's bimbo or not?
me:yea.. smart with no brains la!
mmm.
smart with no brains?
i really am bimbotic. ):
gloria gloria in excelsis deo!
today's holy thursday. we remember our Lord at the last supper with his disciples, where he washed His disciples' feet. he taught them about SERVANTHOOD. he showed us that he indeed was the Son of God. the one sent to die. He knew He was to be compromised that night. He showed Himself worthy to be called our Lord.
mass at sfx was inspiring. it was nice to be back into the ritualistic way of doing things. just like it was when vicar louis tay was giving communion to us. i miss his services. i miss the solemn time of communion. i miss his blessing. sfx brings me back to familiar ground. the catholic and the anglican church is so alike. it's uncanny. and one would wonder why they seperated. in the end, they became identical twins. really. (: aside from a few differences of course. and anglican would not feel lost in the mass cos we use the same prayers, follow the same order of service, sing some same songs. i like mass at sfx. if not for my daddy's disapproval and church commitments, i might consider going over to sfx. i feel energised after mass. i feel that youth services at st paul's have become too worldly.
i may just go for 8.30am services now. (:
but i'll still do 11am AA.
wells. lotsa stuff happened over the last few days. confided in liru all my joys and frustrations. thanks for being such a good friend and a good listener. (: love ya loads.
wells. lotsa juniors leaving aj. i feel hapy for them, a little disappointed that they want to leave and for some, a little angry that they actually are leaving. i mean.. some of them really wanted to get into aj. so we helped them. and now, they're leaving. what is this! do they know what is gratitude? SIGH. perhaps not.
and we actually have people begging to get into aj. those leaving when they shouldn't be=ungrateful lot.
oh i saw mrs helen chong at sfx mass today. she was erm.. singing in the choir? hahahs! surprising man. she's the HOD of arts in AJ. mmm. she obviously recognised me and mark cos she kept staring. AJ teachers. all like that. recognised me from yesterday's choir auditions for college day performance. recognised mark cos he's in arts? yup. scrutinising our every move. or maybe i was just too paranoid.
God help me to be a humble and obedient servant. keep guard over my tongue. i want to be less stubborn in Jesus' name. Amen
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weeliza`
mmm.. it's still ms goh and mrs wong, but there's this new teacher. i can't remember her name now.. she's an ex-handbell ringer from pl.. quite a nice person i think. okay la. haven't heard her ring though. she's a teacher mah. hahahs. as in real teacher. not relief i think.
cuzzie nessa`
i miss you lotsie too! just got your letter today. hahahs! was surprised that someone actually sent me snail mail. (: thanks for the postcard! (: we need to unwind and de-stress. soon. (:
melodykuan`
hey heys! hahahs.. yup yup. it's in rememberence of our happy times as one chicky family. but now we're all so split up and caught up with our own lives. me and pearl's still quite close though! (:
jasperang`
yup yup. had fun going out with you and the other thirty-four-o-four people the other day like gideon. (: nice nice. (: mmm.. the concert.. so malu la. all those on our side of the stage heard. GOSH. big embarassment.
voyAJe
yayness! voyAJe was a resounding success! (: hahahs.. i'd like to thank my mother father brother cousins[nessa and val] and daniel michael joey lyds nineteen-oh-four t-w-o-t-w-o-oh-four zhizhong ah.. the list is so long. hahahs.. anyways. vanessa come over to stay last night! (: whoopers! had a great time. (: mmm. details on her bloggie. (:
here.
performance was superb. (: had lotsa fun. it didn't even seem like a performance at all. i felt it was like a dress rehearsal. mmm. some screw ups:
1. the male emcee said," they will be performing.. and a penguin's lot. sorry, i meant a policeman's lot."
2. i totally screwed up la! hahahs.. the ending.. the encore piece joyful joyful. ahahhs. i came in too early! so embarassing. O.o
but oh wells. really happy. got a present from my classmates and lotsa flowers! and daniel was like..
daniel: jie, i wanted to buy flowers for all the girls i know, but i only bought one flower, and guess who i gave it to?"
[he already gave me the flower]
me: me?
daniel: yea! aren't you honoured? (:
[leans over to give me a hug]
me: oh dear. so many girls are watching. darn. they look jealous that you're giving me a hug. later i go away sure get blue black cos they not happy.
hahahs.. yup yup. zhizhong gave me a hug too! hahahs.. he's nice to hug cos he's so beary. (: so cute. and daniel.. my didi.. of course nice to hug la! (: and yea. mark too. yea. i see you smirking. wipe that smug look off your face..
saw michael and jamie[O.o].
okay i gtg. my brother. breathing down my neck. irritating.
ciao! nights.
chatterbox time. (:
Panis Angelicus fit panis hominum;
Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum:
O res mirabilis! Manducat Dominum.
|: Pauper, pauper, servus et humilis. :|
was listening to the sfx rendition of panis angelicus. very nice. (: hahahs.. my ticket woes are almost solved. almost. i'm still short of one ticket. argh. silly billy me.
oh. my chatterbox is up. not my first choice, but looks like there aren't any working anymore. tagboard and doodleboard both chose to fail to provide free usage at the same time. how infuriating. but oh wells. chatterbox will do just fine i guess. (: at least there's a space for people to tag again. yippee! (:
the countdown's now 3 days to concert, excluding today. and i just can't wait! hahahs.. choir's more like a time for me to have fun now. heck with all the stress. oh wells. looking forward to choir on monday. it'll be sort of a full day choir starting from 10am. mummy's flying off that day so daddy's gonna be able to drop me off at choir. yays. (:
WE'RE OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT! (: over sold in fact. we might have to sell the tickets that were printed wrongly too. cos we're not expecting everyone who bought a ticket to turn up. so.. i think we're throwing in 20 more. cos demand's like way high.. and we haven't got enough tickets. well. that's pretty good news i guess. (:
after trying to sing through the alto part of behold the lamb for like.. the upteenth time, i've got even greater respect for our alto section. (: yups. i think sop part is way easier to sing. like.. you can just blast your way through the song and may still sound alright. but altos.. they get blamed for every single thing. ):
alrights. gonna go back to books for a while. (: bye!
some things never do change
watched some farnie video about aids today for mass civics. think it was more amusing than educational cos we heard most of the stuff back in sec school already. (: i have yuying's gp paper! heh heh heh. (: and i'm gonna mark it. actually, i got jieyi's. but hahahs.. i swopped it for yuying's cos she's my econs chat partner. (: and mrs ong didn't come for chem tutorial. good and bad la. (:
pearl came over to aj to meet me. (: her hair's totally short! hahahs! so.. butch. even shorter than it was when we were in sec school la! (: we cabbed down to pl..
went back to pl today. it always feels nice being with bells. (: my passion. just like choral music. mmm. my juniors were really funny. and melissa accidentally said "jeanit" when she was calling me. and my other juniors burst out laughing. oh boy. hahahs.. then we crapped. and there's this new handbell teacher-in-charge i think. some ex-handbeller. one of the earliest batches.. (: then we were talking about handbells in her time and ours.
some things never do change. (: ho ho ho.
then me and pearl went over to heartland mall to eat snow ice. yummylicious. (: oh.. we walked over to macs to get my dinner-fillet-o-fish student meal. and guess who we met along the way.. hahahs! venetia tan. hint hint to dawn chia. (: heheh. i heard stuffs about her being more feminine when she went to acjc. and when she was walking towards us, i actually believed she'd become a little more like a girl. like.. she was wearing dress pants and a long sleeved blouse[thank goodness it's of feminine cut]. i relly thought she'd changed. then when she talked to us.. boy oh boy was i so wrong! hahahs.. she's still the same venetia tan we knew. guyish.
some things never do change.
there you have it. the derivation of our quote of the day. (:
some things never do change.
and that's how i feel for you. sigh.shoots. tagboard AND doodleboard's down. darn. now have to search for a new board. chatterbox? hmmm.
LTA just got a little more budget to spend on train tracks. (:
Relationships-of all kinds- are like the sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers. You may hold on to some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
-Kaleel Jamison, The Nibble Theory-
i learnt this the hard way. sigh. but i'm learning to let go. learning. learning.
After a While
After a while you learn the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul,
And you learn that love doesn't mean leaning and
company doesn't mean security,
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises,
And you begin to accept your defeats with your head
up and your eyes open, with the grace of an adult,
not the grief of a child,
And you learn to build all your roads on today
because tomorrow's ground is too uncertain for
plans.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns if
you get too much.
So you plant your own garden and decorate your own
soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you
flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure...
that you really are strong,
and you really do have worth.
And you learn and you learn...
with every good-bye you learn...
-veronica a. shoffstall,19-
today was a good day. (: got an A2 for chinese! hahahas! very happy. (: no more chinese. yays! that's all i want. be it an A1 or a D7.. as long as i pass.. i'm happy. of course good grades are an added bonus. but i can do without them too. my parents are happy with my chinese results.. so that's good. (: but my laoshi had to have some "fun" with me before she finally let me have my results. bah. mean. :) hahahs.. make me so stressed.
i love my twinee. she's just so sweet and thoughtful in all the little things she does. she's really a huge blessing. mmm. must treat her alot better. i think i've been neglecting her. ): hmmm. she has my full attention now. no one can snatch me away from her. well. maybe someone can la. but.. i shall try to spend lots more time with her. (: my darling twinee. (:
i guess i'm healing. (: that's a good thing. i'm starting to smile again. and soon you'll hear my hearty laugh again. i made that promise to you and i intend to keep it. (: i'm starting to see the people that have been there for me all these while. but i've been so blind to their concern. now my eyes are open again. and i see how precious they are to me. they have been so very kind to me for the last.. 2 weeks? hahahs. yups. thank you so much. especially to keni and liru. thank you for being there yea? (: and lynette too. for your erm.. help? hahahs.. (: and most of all, my dearwest cousin VANESSA. she's been really the greatest these few days. just like a best friend. i feel like i can tell her everything. everything. i love you nessa! mmm. we shall think of a new nickname for each other real soon. and go shopping!! (: like the other time. (:
heehees.. today's make-up session was fun fun fun! (: everyone thought i was a pro at make-up. hahahs! i was like.. laughing so hard inside la! seriously. the guys all think i can do make up well. oh gosh. well. i do know a thing or two, like how to choose the foundation shades. how to apply lipstick. err. that's about it. my rouge[whatever you all it] i can't apply rouge. and.. eyeshadow.. okay la. but need to experiment more. i had fun on mark's face. (: did his foundation and lipstick. hahahs! obviously it was a job well done cos the guys were like asking.. "who did your make up?" and he said it was me.. and they were like.. "JEANETTE! help me put foundation please?" or "JEANETTE! can i have the lipstick mark's weraing?" [okay that sounds so wrong. so.. gay? HMMM.] yea.. so i was like.. oh my goodness. so busy putting make up for the guys. and i did quite a good job i would say. (: at least the guys, those i did the make up, didn't complain. so.. yep. oh with the exception of mark. he was complaining all the way. weird how he's the only one who doesn't appreciate what i do for him. ): the rest of the guys were pretty satisfied.
went out with my mommy and daddy after that. she needed to get a new luggage for her trip. like.. again? she's always buying luggages. how weird. how can a person use so many luggages? i think she's bought like.. 4 in one year? gosh. then we went dinner. yup. hahahs.. when my parents are happy.. they're generally agreeable to almost anything. yup. hahahs! my daddy was like.. "you can ask for something you like for today. mmm. bag? dress? accessories?" hahahs.. and i was like.. bag. but there weren't any nice ones today so i told my daddy i'll buy it another day. then they wanted to get me some jacket that i just said had a nice design. hahahs! only flaw? it was a winter jackets department. not that i see myself going anywhere with temperatures below 25 degrees celsius for the rest of this year..
alrighty. i don't think i should go on le. this post is already very lengthy. goodnight everyone.. black dye, here i come. sigh.